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Your excellent review of Franklin Roosevelt failed to mention one fact: his neglect, if not abandonment, of European Jewry during World War II. Roosevelt's callous refusal to take appropriate actions to end the Nazi killing machine is now too clearly documented to be dismissed in a period of reminiscence. I cannot share in a celebration of his legacy...
...inflation-adjusted rise. The plans constitute what is almost a do-everything-at-once policy. Reagan argues that "critical investments" are needed in a long list of missiles, bombers, cargo planes, ships, tanks and funds for training and readiness in order to make up for years of neglect and counter a Soviet military buildup...
...performance raised new questions about Reagan's control of the presidency, which were being asked even by some of the far rightists who helped elect him. At a meeting of conservatives organized by New Right Leaders Richard Viguerie and Paul Weyrich, Reagan last week was criticized for his neglect of social issues like abortion and his fecklessness on foreign policy...
...women's diving squads have grown together and both teams are presently the champions of their leagues, Ivy for the women and Eastern Seaboard for the men. If you ask him, coach John Walker will list several reasons why this is so. But he will neglect to mention the most important reason--himself...
...elemental severity of such a reaction tells a great deal about the invisible desolation that is possible-and commonplace-in the world of the jobless. The bruising can show up in feelings of worthlessness. Rage, sadly, often crops up in the form of destructive behavior-wife beating, child abuse, neglect of friends, drunkenness-that increases predictably among the jobless. (In a study of the social effects of unemployment over a 34-year period, S ociologist M. Harvey Brenner of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that a 1% increase in the national unemployment rate was associated with a 4.1% increase...